KEVIN BERKINS QUALITY MEATS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-05-30 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-26 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-12
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£693K
+21.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£4M
+7.5% vs 2023
Employees
88
+11.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£423K
+8,568.5% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- KEVIN BERKINS QUALITY MEATS LIMITED 1977-12-31 → present
- EYELEA LIMITED 1977-06-17 → 1977-12-31
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2018-08-31 | 2019-08-31 | 2020-08-31 | 2021-08-31 | 2022-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | £4,404,305 | £4,717,059 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | £220,420 | £642,981 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | -£4,996 | £423,086 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | — | -£48,874 | £315,369 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | — | £570,420 | £693,460 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | £6,990,911 | £5,156,843 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | £3,309,520 | £3,558,089 | |
| Equity | £73,013 | £73,013 | £73,013 | £73,015 | £55,515 | £3,309,520 | £3,558,089 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | — | 79 | 88 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | £1,365,727 | £1,390,295 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2018-08-31 | 2019-08-31 | 2020-08-31 | 2021-08-31 | 2022-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | 5.0% | 13.6% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | -1.1% | 6.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | 3.2% | 12.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 0.53x | 0.30x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | 0.98x | 2.92x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Ainsworths Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Group structure
- KEVIN BERKINS QUALITY MEATS LIMITED · parent
- Fence Gate Limited 99%
- The Eagle at Barrow Limited 100%
- Michelle.B Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Turnover increased by 7% on the previous year, from £4.4m to £4.7m.”
- “The profit before tax is in excess of £400,000, compared to a very small loss in the prior year.”
- “The net asset position of the group has increased as a result, from £3.31m to £3.56m representing an increase of 7.5%.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BERKINS, Kevin | Secretary | — | — | British |
| BEAUMONT, Keeley Ann | Director | 2018-07-31 | Jun 1976 | British |
| BERKINS, Kevin | Director | — | Jun 1947 | British |
| BERKINS, Michelle | Director | 1999-03-24 | Oct 1964 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BERKINS, Marilyn | Director | — | 1991-06-18 |
| WHITE, Suzanne Margaret | Director | 1991-06-27 | 1999-03-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Kevin Berkins | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-07-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 127 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-29 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-05-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-22 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-05-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-04-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-04-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-01-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-01-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-01-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-01-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-05-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-04-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-08-10 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2021-05-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
-
Turnover
+7.1%
£4,404,305 £4,717,059
-
Cash
+21.6%
£570,420 £693,460
-
Net assets
+7.5%
£3,309,520 £3,558,089
-
Employees
+11.4%
79 88
-
Operating profit
+191.7%
£220,420 £642,981
-
Profit before tax
+8,568.5%
-£4,996 £423,086
-
Wages
+1.8%
£1,365,727 £1,390,295
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers